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Show 'Amos .'n' Andy Always Have Same Musicians, Announcer eludes .Joseph Gallicchio, violinist and director of the WMAQ orchestra orches-tra ; John Lingr-mann, cellist, and Franz Pfau, piiinist. No matter what city Amos 'n" Andy broadcast ! from, these musicians gather in the : studio of WMAQ, Chicago, and play their part at the appointed time. Bill Hay ' is always their an-! an-! nounccr. Ho harks back to the days of the defunct experimental station sta-tion KFKX, at Hastings, Neb-when Neb-when he announced, played the ' piano and sang, in addition to directing di-recting the station's business. Amos 'n' Andy will have none other to announce their "appearances" "appear-ances" on the air. The arrangement I by which their urogram is broad cast, therefore, becomes quite complicated com-plicated at times. The comedians may be in some distant city when at 7 p. m., K.S.T., Rill Hay at the WMAQ studio in Chicago introduces them while the ! trio plays the strains of "The Per- j feet Song." As Hay ends his introduction with the familiar, "Here they are." a switch is thrown, connecting the 1 Chicago studio with the city where j Amos 'n' Andy ha pen to be. Then an announcer in view of the two comedians motions them to start. - Their conversation is then carried to Chicago, thence to New York, then out to the broadcasting stations sta-tions on the WJZ network. It! m 1 I ' 'j ' Above Is the Chicago trio thut ij J. always plays "The I'erfect Song," i K 4 4 which lntrttduc.es Amos 'n' Andy on , N s y the air. At the rtfrht Is Bill Hay, N' -V )V thHr announcer. , 1 $ 1 By ISRAKL KLKIX j W j '. Above Is the Chicago trio that always plays "The I'erfect Song," which introduces Amos 'n' Andy on the air. At the right Is Bill Hay, thHr announcer. By ISRAKL KLKIX CHICA'GO, Feb. 6. Regardless of where Amos 'n' Andy may be playing play-ing in vaudeville, the same group of musiciuns and the same announcer an-nouncer introduces them daily from the same studio in Chicago. The. strains of "The Perfect Sng" lias been almost forgotten since the famous movie, "The 1 i.j-ilfffinreiKMiin I Birth of a Nation," introduced it j years ago. when it was adopted aa ! the signature song for these two i radio favorites. Freeman F. Gosden. the "Amos" of the couple, and Charles Correll, "Andy," helped select the piece. The musicians chosen to play this ' piece form a string trio, which in- |